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speciousness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | meretriciousness |
| Type of | deceptiveness, obliquity |
| Derivation | specious |
the speciousness of his argument.
Examples of speciousness
speciousness
Here's another way of illustrating the speciousness factor.
From the economist.com
He was no more impressed by the speciousness of Irving's graceful reflections than he seems to have been impressed by Kirkham's accents and italics.
From the theatlantic.com
He would avail himself of America's as of Athens's freedom of speech, and simultaneously be horrified by the speciousness of the speech that Americans choose to make.
From the economist.com
It was only late that night when I had come to a halt in what proved on inspection to be a noisy, fly-blown, overlit dive, that the vagueness and speciousness of my mission struck home.
From the washingtonpost.com
- An appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility; "the speciousness of his argument"
- Deception, beguilement, deceit, bluff, mystification, and subterfuge are acts to propagate beliefs that are not true, or not the whole truth (as in half-truths or omission). Deception can involve dissimulation, propaganda, sleight of hand. It can employ distraction, camouflage or concealment. ...
- The state or quality of being specious; The result or product of being specious
